GBL Overdose and what to do about it
In what seems like an age ago I was asked to speak about Chemsex at the EuSEM conference in Prague. It was a (somewhat scary) privilege to talk to the […]
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Decompensated Liver Disease and what we can do about it in the ED
Over recent years there has been a rapid increase in the number of patients with chronic liver disease. In fact whilst deaths from cardiovascular disease and cancer are falling, we’ve
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PEP, PrEP and all things HIV
On the 1st December we marked world AIDS Day. This day was one of the first ever global health days and was introduced to increase awareness of the issue of
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Et tu, Brute? One mans battle with CESR. St Emlyn’s
Now a number of years ago now I took the decision to resign from my training programme. To cut a long story short I wasn’t happy. In fact I was
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JC : Paracetamol, NSAID’s or both in MSK trauma. St.Emlyn’s
 Pain… patients complain about it… A LOT. It’s the commonest reason for attending emergency departments across the globe so we should be (and need to be) pretty good at treating it.
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HIV screening in the ED. When, who and why. St.Emlyn’s
Are you feeling upset that this post is not about something really cool like ECMO, laryngoscopy or RSIs? Well maybe you are and that’s OK. A lot of #FOAMed is
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